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title: What did the damsel offer the eldest daughter in exchange for a nigh… — Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Bla… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the damsel offer the eldest daughter in exchange for a night in the chamber? Exam question 2 of lesson 238 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the youngest sister rides off on the Black Bull and wins back her knight» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with
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# Exam question 2 · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway,…

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What did the damsel offer the eldest daughter in exchange for a night in the chamber?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** damsel · **What happens:** offer · **To what, where:** eldest daughter, exchange

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 238 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the youngest sister rides off on the Black Bull and wins back her knight» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/238-pg14241-part5/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:e2:1
# text = What did the damsel offer the eldest daughter in exchange for a night in the chamber?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	damsel	damsel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	offer	offer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | past · do-support | the damsel | the eldest daughter |  | exchange for a night |  | in the chamber | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent what=Goal daughter=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Jewellery from her apple, pear and plum, and her silver comb too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:e2:o1:1
# text = Jewellery from her apple, pear and plum, and her silver comb too
1	Jewellery	jewellery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	pear	pear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	plum	plum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	comb	comb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
14	too	too	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rings and gold from her apple

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:e2:o2:1
# text = Rings and gold from her apple
1	Rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Jewellery from her apple, pear and plum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:e2:o3:1
# text = Jewellery from her apple, pear and plum
1	Jewellery	jewellery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	pear	pear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	plum	plum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Jewels from her apple and plum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:e2:o4:1
# text = Jewels from her apple and plum
1	Jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	plum	plum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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